Friday, May 4, 2012

Team Building Activities – The Fuel for the Passion of the Employees of the Companies

The corporate team building activities are an indispensable part of any successful organization and they are very much in demand. It is rightly said that all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. This quotation applies to the employees of the company as well. The team building activities are very inspiring and refreshing and they are the most important for increasing the output of the employees.

These  activities are absolutely fun, thrilling, exciting and entertaining and it creates a lovely ambience within the organization and spreads the air of positivity and friendliness in the office.

•    If you think like a true businessman, then it is a smart idea to organize team building activities because it helps in building relationships, forming teams and an opportunity to motivate the employees by giving prices to them. The team building activities also improve the communication among various sections of the office and it also solves the purpose of an ice breaker for a team which is newly formed.

You simply first need to roughly workout your goals from a particular event and then you can organize an even which would accomplish all those goals.

There can be numerous Team building activities in an organization including the indoor and outdoor activities.

Among various team building activities Amazing race is a great team building activity which is thrilling, exciting, rejuvenating and also helps in the physical well being of the employees. The amazing race consists of a cluster of productive activities which are extremely motivating and challenging as well.
Following amazing activities can be categorized under the amazing race:

Detour: This is one of the most adventurous activities and it also takes the mental alertness and the physical fitness to be able to do this. In this activity two tasks are assigned to the employees and they have to perform considering the clues given to them. In order to go to the second task one must first complete the first one and the clue provided to the team will help the team to perform the next task.  If the team switches the task in midway then the team will have to go through a penalty and if the team receives the detour card then it can perform only one task. The tasks given to the employees are not that easy and they have to take it up as a challenge. However, it is totally fun. 

Roadblock:  The roadblock is another form of amazing race in which a large number of people can’t participate. However, some of the members of the team can take part in it and the number of the roadblocks which are assigned to each person decide the number of tasks to be performed.

Fast forward:  This is another interesting part of the amazing race in which a task is assigned to the team and only a team can be assigned the task of fast forward. If the team is successful then the team is fast forwarded to other rounds.

Some of the other rounds of this race are
•    Yield
•    Compulsory rest
•    Pitstop

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